How to: Bulk-Load Data into Tables in a Merge Publication (Replication Transact-SQL Programming)

When data is loaded into tables using the bcp Utility or the BULK INSERT command, by default, the merge replication triggers that maintain tracking data in the MSmerge_contents system table are not fired. You can either force the merge replication triggers to fire as the data is loaded, or you can insert the generated replication metadata programmatically after the bulk copy operation using replication stored procedures.